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Brilliant book...Very funny but just as you start to wonder how she came through her life so well rounded the book takes a more serious turn and you begin to understand that Rosie making fun of the sad reality and dreadful circumstance of her young life has been her only protection..This book is very well written by a more than talented Author..I wish her all the success and happiness she truly deserves..

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Brilliant book...Very funny but just as you start to wonder how she came through her life so well rounded the book takes a more serious turn and you begin to understand that Rosie making fun of the sad reality and dreadful circumstance of her young life has been her only protection..This book is very well written by a more than talented Author..I wish her all the success and happiness she truly deserves..

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After having read Rosie's commentary of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, which incidentally made me laugh (I love humour) I was more than intrigued to read her book.

To be honest I wasn't sure what to expect from her biography, but one thing I was sure of, it was going to be a good read.

Rosie's account of her past life (as best as she can remember it) was dark. My maternal instincts just wanted to comfort that little girl that never felt she belonged. I was ready to provide her with many home cooked meals and a place to call home. I felt sad for her and I wanted her find the safety and security that she needed. I can't begin to imagine the difficulties she endured with her intoxicated mother, and the time that she was fostered by what was supposed to be a safe place, a place to call home, and instead the man in that house was a real dick. He should've got locked up IMO...

Then there is Poo; lots of poo, everywhere. The descriptive narrative around this is very strong and very visual. Against all adversity, Rosie always manages to put a comical spin around what was clearly a dark time in her life.

If anything, I'm warmed by the fact that she now lives her life as her own and has finally come to terms with giving herself permission to live it as she wants without having to prove anything to anyone. This is a big step into become an adult in an otherwise, not such an adult kind of world.

If you're not easily offended by language, poo and sex and reading about a toilet that has never been cleaned, EVER. Then 'the anti cool girl' is a book worth taking time out for.

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A must read for every person who ever thought their childhood sucked. Everyone else should also read this amazingly poignant, gutwrenching, and yet inspiring story of Rosie Waterland's growing into the person she didn't know she could be. Rosie sees herself without any filters, and you meet her at her worst and at her best, and at all times you meet the truly amazing person she has become over her journey to adulthood. This story will bring you to tears, often. You will feel a range of emotions on her and her sisters' behalf. Anger and despair, the desire to just wish something could have been done, disgust, admiration and humour, because you will laugh out loud. Rosie tends to do that to people she brings into her life. She writes with absolutely no self pity, she is factual about herself and yet has an amazingly humourous outlook on life. She manages to make you not hate the people she had every right to hate. Vale Rosie! From Batchie recaps to anti cool girl, you are amazingly funny and clear sighted. So glad that Jamila and Mia from Mamamia saw that something special in Rosie's writings. Her list at the end of her book is essential Rosie and number 21 bought me to tears, again. I'd like to think that every teenager 15 years plus could gain something from reading this book.If I'd been able to give this book 10 stars, I would have.

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I don't think Ive ever given 5 stars in an Amazon book review before but Rosies book The Anti-Cool Girl deserves every one of them and more. I only wish that I was better with words so I could describe the emotional roller coaster the book took me on from the very first page right to the very last.The Anti-Cool Girl is quite simply the best book that I have read for a very long time.My advice to anyone reading these reviews is to either buy the book or hassle your local library until they buy it...you won't regret it.

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Well written and truly insightful into the world of a person who has suffered a myriad of injustice in her life. It's hard to really like the grown up Rosie as she is crass and prickly, yet this book allows the reader to understand Rosie, and through that, love her. Super respect for Rosie to be open and honest, although there are some areas that she skips over lightly. I think there are a few issues that she could delve deeper into, but understand why she hasn't. Maybe it would be just two painful, just too honest, but maybe it would explain some of the deeper insights as to why? I would love to read a version of the book that was twice as long. I also think Rosie could write a 'letter to her younger self' type book that the mum's like me of the world would give to their daughters.

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Rosie has written a gloriously honest, hilarious but also heart wrenching account of surviving a rotten childhood.But I dislike the term survivor. She is a conqueror. She has conquered her demons and finishes her book with the most wonderful advice about acceptance and being anti cool.I love it. I am anti cool. I hope it doesn't throw Rosie off kilter when she realises that getting to this place at age 28 is 11 years ahead of me and actually pretty freakin cool...Also, I've had s*** related mishaps. Maybe most people have and they just don't talk about it??

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I am sure Rosie does not want my pity, but what she does have from me is my pure admiration. This is a fabulously writtten book, where Rosie bares warts and all and more. I have loved all Rosie's Mamamia's writing - so was enthralled by this book. Thanks for sharing your story.

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I'm so grateful to the friend who recommended this book to me. It was heartbreaking to read the things Rosie experienced throughout her life but insightful and inspirational for anyone who has mental health struggles or life experiences beyond their control. A must read.

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I couldn't put this book down it was cleverly written, it was like i was sitting with her having a cuppa while she told me her life story. I laughed at her descriptions of events and my heart sank as i felt her pain. If i had the chance to put my story into a book Rosie would be the person i would want to write it.

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What a book this is!! I had never read any of Rosie's work but am now a huge convert. She seems to write effortlessly, and her raw honesty and humour will captivate you from the very beginning. I think everyone will relate in some way to what she has written - particularly women. It left me with a huge sense of relief that I really am normal. I highly recommend this book to everyone.